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Loire
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English
river Q1469
Etymology
en ine-pro *legʰ-
From en fr Loire, from en la Liger, itself borrowed from the native en cel-gau - name of the river, from cel-gau *liga silt, sediment, deposit, alluviumcel-gau (see also fr lie, en lees), from en cel-pro *legyā, from en ine-pro *legʰ- to lie, lay, the same source as many words in English such as en lie, en ledge, etc.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/ /ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Loire.wav Southern England
en ɑː(ɹ) 1,2
Proper noun
en Q1469en The longest <<river>> in <<c/France>>, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the <<dept:pref:also/Ardèche,Haute-Loire,Loire,Saône-et-Loire,Allier,Nièvre,Cher,Loiret,Loir-et-Cher,Indre-et-Loire,Maine-et-Loire,Loire-Atlantique>>.
en Q12569en department r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France Saint-Étienne.
Related terms
en Maine-et-Loire
en Meung-sur-Loire
Translations
river
Arabic: ar لوار f lwār
Armenian: hy Լուարա
Azerbaijani: az Luara
Basque: eu Loira
Belarusian: be Луа́ра f
Breton: br Liger, br Loer, br Loar, br Rivier-Naoned
Bulgarian: bg Лоа́ра f
Catalan: ca Loira m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 盧瓦爾河 Lúwǎ'ěr hé
Corsican: co Loira f
Czech: cs Loira f
Danish: da Loire
Dutch: nl Loire f m
Esperanto: eo Luaro
Estonian: et Loire
Finnish: fi Loire
Franco-Provençal: frp Lêre
French: fr Loire f
Galician: gl Loira f
Georgian: ka ლუარა
German: de Loire f
Greek: el Λίγηρας m
Hebrew: he לואר f luar
Hungarian: hu Loire
Indonesian: id Loire
Italian: it Loira f
Japanese: ja ロワール Rowāru
Korean: ko 루아르강
Latin: la Liger m
Latvian: lv Luāra f
Lithuanian: lt Luara f
Macedonian: mk Лоара f
Malay: ms Loire
Marathi: mr ल्वार f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Loire
Nynorsk: nn Loire
Occitan: oc Léger m, oc Leir m
Persian: fa لوآر luâr
Polish: pl Loara f
Portuguese: pt Loire m, pt Líger m
Romanian: ro Loara f
Russian: ru Луа́ра f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Лоара f
Roman: sh Loara f
Slovak: sk Loira f
Slovene: sl Loara f
Spanish: es Loira
Swedish: sv Loire c
Turkish: tr Loire
Ukrainian: uk Луа́ра
Vietnamese: vi Loire
department
Bulgarian: bg Лоа́р m
Franco-Provençal: frp Lêre
French: fr Loire f
German: de Loire
Occitan: oc Léger
Polish: pl Loara f
Spanish: es Loira
Anagrams
en eilor reoil El Rio oiler Lorie Le Roi Leroi oriel LeRoi re-oil Oriel
French
fr:
Etymology
fr ine-pro *legʰ-
fr la Liger, itself borrowed from the native fr cel-gau - name of the river, from cel-gau *liga silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium (see also fr lie, en lees), from fr cel-pro *legyā, from fr ine-pro *legʰ- to lie, lay, the same source as many words in English such as en lie, en ledge, etc.
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Paris--Loire.ogg Paris
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-Loire.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Loire.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Loire.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Loire.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Loire.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
fr loir loirs
Proper noun
f
fr Loire Q1469,Q12569
Derived terms
fr Cosne-sur-Loire Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Haute-Loire La Celle-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique Maine-et-Loire Pays de la Loire Tracy-sur-Loire Val de Loire
Related terms
fr ligérien
Descendants
ca Loira 1
en Loire 1
pl Loara 1
es Loira 1
German
Alternative forms
de Liger obsolete
Pronunciation
de /lo̯aːr/ [loˈaː(ɐ̯)]
de De-Loire.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.sg.articlede need definition for department, but gender unclear and it probably won't take an article
de Loire Q1469
Portuguese
Proper noun
mpt verify gender of department
pt Loire Q1469,Q12569